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Fed, Profits Push Dow to 16000

The DJIA has now set 40 all-time highs in 2013. How does this set up the markets for 2014? Alexandra Scaggs joins MoneyBeat. (Photo: Getty)

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I ... mm ... change gears here for second still talking about the double talking about the doubt to date ... or more specifically yesterday when it closed above sixteen thousand ... threaten me with the big round number Alexandra Scaggs wrote the story ... report highlights how are you today ... Dow sixteen thousand how's ... that and we know ... that how I'm trying to ... sell I ... and really what this show is is that investors are buying me a more optimistic about said basically investor optimism and ... on stocks ... finally caught up to all ... basically all of the good stuff that's happened since the worst of the financial crisis ... and I think that while some people are really looking and thinking okay so what now ... so what now ... I mean if only I knew I would hope earnings and if you cannot write you forget to feed ... wheat corporate earnings and important yes ... I'll bet you and you would hope so ... why don't consume more than three hundred and one of the uncomfortable with the pizza and effort to sell the interesting thing is the case of earnings has been so steady it ... that people are people are really relaxing ... and I my hands you know it's it's true corporate earnings have been trapped in the big growing steadily they just haven't been growing very mountains ... on and I think that some people are whining I guess that you can get a little bit too comfortable with this that's for its steady improvement said EPS in you know something that happens you can you know potentially kick on the wrong side of that ... the market fall or something years now ... will welcome a change in the next month a half dressed twenty thirteen ... oh one when we looking at going into twenty fourteen with a market study about a work in SA lot and I'll what people are saying just going into next year they're really not expecting a net these gains are we seen this hearing in ... twenty six percent on the Essen P five hundred that's that's phenomenal ... an ape don't think people are expecting that extend to the team ... E-mail going into next year people are saying listen the market might not fall for the year rate we might not seem a bit crass you know I'd I know everyone's asking when the bubble tea ... I'm not sure anyone is really expecting Lake terrible things to happen but they're saying ok don't get too excited because you know two years of twenty six percent gain this kind of that ... as France to expect but of course not you might get offended that ... we ... all say that that's another thing that people are watching out for you know what's the Fed can and do it again at the dentist are going back this easy money policies this year or are you know maybe early next year